Roy Moore’s Defamation Victory Sends A Message About The ‘Actual Malice’ StandardAn Alabama jury sent a clear message: Outside-the-Beltway Americans are fed up with universal lies and character assassinations.BY: JOHN LUCAS
AUGUST 23, 2022
On Aug. 12, a federal court jury in Alabama fired off an unmistakable message to the media and the D.C. swamp: “Stop lying and stop corrupting our elections. There will be consequences if you don’t.” That message was sent in the form of an $8.2 million verdict for defamation in favor of former Alabama Supreme Court Justice and senatorial candidate Roy Moore against a major Democratic player and his allies.
The jury found the Senate Majority PAC, a Democrat-aligned and sponsored “super PAC,” guilty of defamation. After a five-day trial the jury determined that Senate Majority PAC defamed Moore by painting him in a false light with false allegations of sexual misconduct with teenage girls.
Moore, a West Point graduate and Vietnam veteran, had been a controversial figure in Alabama politics, stemming at least from when he became known as the “Ten Commandments Judge” after installing a granite monument in the Alabama courts building that included a depiction of the Ten Commandments. In 2017, he was in a special election contest against Democrat Doug Jones to fill the Alabama Senate seat formerly held by Jeff Sessions.
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Source:
https://thefederalist.com/2022/08/23/roy-moores-defamation-case-victory-sends-a-message-about-the-actual-malice-standard/
